News
A firetruck is seen outside the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif., on Sunday, May 15, 2022 after a fatal shooting. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)

California churchgoers detained gunman in attack that left 1 dead

Four others were critically wounded

How can you resist this face? Hamsters are one of the small animals available through the BC SPCA’s ‘Little Creatures, Big Hearts’ pay-as-you-can promotion through May 31. (Photo credit: BC SPCA)

BC SPCA holding special adoption event for some unusual potential pets

‘Little Creatures, Big Hearts’ promotion highlights small animals, birds, and reptiles

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Video
Pharis and Jason Romero filmed their latest video with Rick Magnell in the historic 153 Mile Store. (Rick Magnell video capture)

VIDEO: Juno-award winning folk duo showcase B.C. history in new song

BellaBot joined the Smitty’s in Kelowna May 2022 to help staff in seating patrons and shuttling plates (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

VIDEO: The future is now: B.C. restaurant employs robot server to boost business

Ukrainian refugees Sebastian Tirtirau has helped who crossed into Romania. (Special to The News)

VIDEO: Romanian man who worked at Maple Ridge travel agency, now helping Ukrainian refugees at border

A Central Alberta woman posted a video of a moose charging her and her dogs at Three Mile Bend in Red Deer online earlier this week. (File photo by The Associated Press)

VIDEO: Moose charges woman and her dogs at off-leash park in Alberta

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Podcasts
BC Liberal Party leader Kevin Falcon. (Lehmann photo)

PODCAST: Kevin Falcon returns to the B.C. Legislature

Black Press reporter and NFL expert Erin Haluschak. (Peter McCully photo)

PODCAST: Black Press gridiron expert Erin Haluschak breaks down the 2022 NFL draft

'American Idol' contestant Cameron Whitcomb. (Submitted photo)

PODCAST: B.C. singer Cameron Whitcomb’s ‘American Idol’ journey

Comedian Ron James. (Submitted Photo)

PODCAST: Ron James travels coast to coast to deliver laughs

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Opinion
A health care worker is seen outside the Emergency dept. of the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver on March 30, 2020. he B.C. government says temporary pandemic pay that was promised to essential workers in mid-May should be coming in October. The stipend was promised to hundreds of thousands of essential workers for work done between March and July and some workers say they’re frustrated it still hasn’t arrived. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

PETERS: Nurses give far more than just medical care

On National Nurses Week, it’s time to think back to the nurses who have cared for us

Across Canada, newspapers face a patchwork of provincial regulations, administrative regimes, and fees. (Pixabay.com)

OP-ED: Newspapers are not packaging

‘The dissemination of news to the public is a necessary element of a vibrant and healthy democracy’

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    Entertainment
    Frontman of the Tragically Hip, Gord Downie, leads the band through a concert in Vancouver, on July 24, 2016. The band’s May 3, 1991 live performance at Hollywood’s storied Roxy Theatre will be released as a stand-alone album on June 24, after being remastered for the Hip’s 30th anniversary “Road Apples” box set last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

    Tragically Hip releases stand-alone live album from Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre

    ‘It’s very much us, I think, at one of our primes’

    This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Danny Ramirez in “Top Gun: Maverick.” (Paramount Pictures via AP)

    Review: ‘Top Gun’ sequel a welcome trip to the danger zone

    Tom Cruise looks to have found a way to thwart time

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    Life
    March 18, 2022 - A view of the living room area at the Carloss Place house. Don Denton photo

    Light, bright & beachy

    Ground-up renovation transforms this Cordova Bay home

       

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      Business
      A sign displays the price of a litre of regular grade gasoline at an Esso gas station in Vancouver, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

      How to get better mileage, save on your next tank as gas prices rise

      Daily average retail price for gas across Canada hit an all-time high of $197.4 per litre Tuesday

      An electric vehicle charging at the University of Victoria. (Courtesy of Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions)

      Buying an EV in B.C. isn’t easy these days, but more supply expected by 2026

      B.C. Hydro report found 34 per cent of buyers hesitant to pick EVs due to lack of supply

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      Obituaries

      Edward (Ed) Lemee

      May 16th, 2022

      Edward ‘Ed’ Pawlik

      May 13th, 2022

      Alex Spencer

      May 13th, 2022

      Matt MacLeod

      May 13th, 2022

      David and Anne Herd

      May 12th, 2022

      John Orr

      May 12th, 2022

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